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— s 1..49,1110-
Paul Redin is director of placement
Job market: it ain't
what it used to be
Clarion
Bethel College
St. Paul, MN 55112 May 13, 1977
Senate alters scholarship plan
by investing escrow money
by Diana Gonzalez
What situation are college
seniors facing as far as the job
market is concerned? Director of
College Career Counseling and
Placement Paul Redin said that
"the outlook this year is better
than in previous years because
the economy has picked up."
According to an article in The
Wall Street Journal, the College
Placement Council stated that
job offers at 160 colleges have
increased to 49 per cent from last
year. After surveying more than
600 employers last fall, the
council also predicted a 12 per
cent increase in jobs this spring.
Redin said that the job market
is difficult to analyze, since only
about 20 per cent of the job
vacancies are publicized.
"The situation of getting a job
for our students is not so much
dependent on the job market as it
is on the individual student," said
Redin. "It is still going to be
difficult for those that don't know
what they're going to do."
According to Redin, the factor
that most commonly hinders
students from getting a job is the
lack of clear-cut goals, since
many graduating seniors are still
in the "exploratory stage."
The job outlook not only varies
with the individual; it also varies
with the field the graduate plans
to enter.
Redin stated the job prospects
in the computer industry are
good. "Companies are searching
for people in this area."
Job prospects in business are
also good, "the more technical
the more the opportunity," said
Redin. Most liberal arts majors
can get into retail merchandising
management.
As to teaching positions, it is
difficult to predict just yet how
many of the Bethel education
majors are going to be placed.
"Teachers are getting hired later
and later. Most earlier offers
come from private and overseas
schools," said Redin. "Public
school hiring takes place during
July and August."
The placement record for last
year showed that 71 per cent of
the elementary education majors
were placed in regular, full-time
teaching positions. If those who
pursued graduate studies are
disregarded, then 79 per cent of
the prospective teachers were
placed, including substitutes. As
of last December, only 3 per cent
of those not hired as teachers
were still looking for teaching
jobs.
The outlook for secondary
education was less encouraging.
Only 30 per cent of these seniors
were placed in full-time posi-tions.
If those in graduate school
were not counted, then 37 per
cent were hired including substi-tutes.
Of those not hired as
teachers, 5 per cent .,here sun
looking for teaching jobs last
Decem ber.
The likelihood of finding a job
depends on where one is willing
to work. "There aren't going to be
many new teaching positions in
the area around the cities," said
Redin. "The ones who are going
to get the jobs are the ones who
want to go where the jobs are,
who have had a good student
teaching experience, and who are
really committed to teaching."
One of the most difficult fields
in which to find jobs is in human
services, especially for those
planning to stay around the Twin
cities.
"One of the best ways to get in
is through internships. A high
percentage of people who hire in
that area hire directly off intern-ships,"
said Redin.
Hiring off internships is also
common in the arts. For example,
Children's Theatre hires about 90
per cent of its people off it own
internships.
In the face of the competition,
what are some good guidelines
for convincing an employer to
hire you?
"The average grad hasn't taken
time to know what he can do. He
doesn't know himself well,"
commented Redin. "They are
buying your skills. If you don't
know what they are, they aren't
going to buy them."
"The crucial thing is develop-ing
a good job campaign —
finding a potential position and
presenting yourself."
Whatever improvements have
taken place over last year, today's
job market is not the enviable
market of the 60's.
by Laura Alden
A miasma of misunderstanding
seems to enshroud last month's
spring formal fiasco and related
issues (i.e. the campus coordina-tor
budget and fate of the leftover
escrow money).
A report of recent and upcom-ing
decisions in the Student
Senate may help to clear the air.
The Senate has voted to "subsi-dize"
this year's indebted campus
coordinators $1700. This sum, in
addition to a $900 contribution
from the coordinators' all-school
banquet budget will cancel the
spring formal debt. (Thus, some
of the traditional all-school ban-quet
niceties will be absent this
year.).
The remaining escrow money,
previously budgeted for a Senate
scholarship fund by a student
referendum, is therefore reduced
considerably. When asked if this
vote was, in fact, ignored en lieu
of the spring formal debt, Vice
President Mark Carlson replied,
"Yes, it was ignored. But I don't
by Suzi Wells
After four or more long years,
seniors can finally look forward
to the end of their college
experience and commencement.
Some seniors eagerly await grad-uation
and its significance for
them, while others would be
happy to finish their studies and
leave. Only one problems exists
for this latter group: commence-ment
is mandatory.
Some students feel that, at this
point in their lives, they should
not be "required" to do anything.
"This issue is not whether you
want to go or not," commented
Lynn Baker. "At 22 you should
have a choice. It embarrasses me
to feel like someone else is
making my decisions for me."
Agreeing with Lynn, Karen
Fischer said, "I feel people
should be allowed the option. It
should be a self-motivated deci-sion."
Karen went on saying that,
for sentimental reasons, she
would like everyone to partici-pate,
but only if they wanted to.
"It's a last feeling of class unity,
and a nice way to end up the
year," she said.
Also looking at commence-ment
positively, Finn Torjesen
related, "It's a part of school, a
very healthy part from a psycho-think
that most kids really care,
because less than 200 voted for
the scholarship fund anyway."
The alternatives to using the
escrow money, according to
Carlson, were to syphon next
year's budget or charge for the
all-school banquet. "Mack Nettle-ton
said 'no' to charging for
all-school (banquet), so we really
had no choice but to use the
escrow fund," said Carlson. The
senate vote to use the escrow
money was unanimous.
The scholarship fund, pared to
$2300 (after the spring formal
loss), has been shaved again, this
time to $100 per annum. An
amendment, sponsored by Tan-nie
Woods and Dave Lowery,
directs the investment of the
$2300. Interest from the sum
(about $100) will be awarded to a
student as a spring convocation
award.
It has not yet been decided who
will choose the recipient of that
award, but Carlson is confident
that the Senate will have a
logical standpoint. It means a lot
to most parents and teachers."
Finn graduated from Moody
Bible Institute last year, so he
has a different perspective than
most seniors. He feels it should
be mandatory, and that it is
important to have "a good clean
finish and defining line," to end
the senior year.
Other students feel that corn-mencement
is a hassle, and some
that have few or no exams would
like to leave a week earlier if the
ceremony was not mandatory.
"I'd rather just get my diploma
and go," lamented Cindy Nixon.
"I'm not one for sitting at long
meetings.
"School is for the students, not
definite say in the decision each
year.
As a result of this mire of
controversy, which has sucked in
campus coordinators, escrow
monies and the ill-fated scholar-ship
proposal, a new budget
policy for the coordinator office
has been considered, via referen-dum.
The plan has the support of
next year's coordinators, Scott
Barsuhn and Cynthia Green.
The program, proposed first as
a Johnson/Carlson campaign
promise, adds $10 to the annual
tuition bill, designated for "stu-dent
activities."
This plan, which would give the
coordinators a $17,000 budget,
would allow "a higher quality of
activities," according to Mark
Carlson. "It would allow Bethel to
break out of having only cheap
entertainment and two-bit gospel
groups," he said.
The results of the referendum
(held Wednesday and Thursday)
will be forwarded to the Bethel
administration for consideration.
the administration or anyone
else," Cindy continued. She felt
student should have a choice,
although she added that she was
not "terribly upset" about going.
On the positive side she said,
"It's nice for the parents. To them
it's really something."
One senior believed that a
mandatory commencement is
contrary to Bethel lifestyle and
practices. "It's not consistent,"
he explained. "It's too ritualistic.
We're not required to go to
classes or chapel, and we don't
have hours (curfew). So why
require commencement?"
"I think it's ridiculous to make
commencement mandatory,"
continued on p. 6
Seniors rate mandatory commencement
on the inside—
the year in news, p. 3
senior parting shots, p. 5
the year in sports, p. 8

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— s 1..49,1110-
Paul Redin is director of placement
Job market: it ain't
what it used to be
Clarion
Bethel College
St. Paul, MN 55112 May 13, 1977
Senate alters scholarship plan
by investing escrow money
by Diana Gonzalez
What situation are college
seniors facing as far as the job
market is concerned? Director of
College Career Counseling and
Placement Paul Redin said that
"the outlook this year is better
than in previous years because
the economy has picked up."
According to an article in The
Wall Street Journal, the College
Placement Council stated that
job offers at 160 colleges have
increased to 49 per cent from last
year. After surveying more than
600 employers last fall, the
council also predicted a 12 per
cent increase in jobs this spring.
Redin said that the job market
is difficult to analyze, since only
about 20 per cent of the job
vacancies are publicized.
"The situation of getting a job
for our students is not so much
dependent on the job market as it
is on the individual student," said
Redin. "It is still going to be
difficult for those that don't know
what they're going to do."
According to Redin, the factor
that most commonly hinders
students from getting a job is the
lack of clear-cut goals, since
many graduating seniors are still
in the "exploratory stage."
The job outlook not only varies
with the individual; it also varies
with the field the graduate plans
to enter.
Redin stated the job prospects
in the computer industry are
good. "Companies are searching
for people in this area."
Job prospects in business are
also good, "the more technical
the more the opportunity," said
Redin. Most liberal arts majors
can get into retail merchandising
management.
As to teaching positions, it is
difficult to predict just yet how
many of the Bethel education
majors are going to be placed.
"Teachers are getting hired later
and later. Most earlier offers
come from private and overseas
schools," said Redin. "Public
school hiring takes place during
July and August."
The placement record for last
year showed that 71 per cent of
the elementary education majors
were placed in regular, full-time
teaching positions. If those who
pursued graduate studies are
disregarded, then 79 per cent of
the prospective teachers were
placed, including substitutes. As
of last December, only 3 per cent
of those not hired as teachers
were still looking for teaching
jobs.
The outlook for secondary
education was less encouraging.
Only 30 per cent of these seniors
were placed in full-time posi-tions.
If those in graduate school
were not counted, then 37 per
cent were hired including substi-tutes.
Of those not hired as
teachers, 5 per cent .,here sun
looking for teaching jobs last
Decem ber.
The likelihood of finding a job
depends on where one is willing
to work. "There aren't going to be
many new teaching positions in
the area around the cities," said
Redin. "The ones who are going
to get the jobs are the ones who
want to go where the jobs are,
who have had a good student
teaching experience, and who are
really committed to teaching."
One of the most difficult fields
in which to find jobs is in human
services, especially for those
planning to stay around the Twin
cities.
"One of the best ways to get in
is through internships. A high
percentage of people who hire in
that area hire directly off intern-ships,"
said Redin.
Hiring off internships is also
common in the arts. For example,
Children's Theatre hires about 90
per cent of its people off it own
internships.
In the face of the competition,
what are some good guidelines
for convincing an employer to
hire you?
"The average grad hasn't taken
time to know what he can do. He
doesn't know himself well,"
commented Redin. "They are
buying your skills. If you don't
know what they are, they aren't
going to buy them."
"The crucial thing is develop-ing
a good job campaign —
finding a potential position and
presenting yourself."
Whatever improvements have
taken place over last year, today's
job market is not the enviable
market of the 60's.
by Laura Alden
A miasma of misunderstanding
seems to enshroud last month's
spring formal fiasco and related
issues (i.e. the campus coordina-tor
budget and fate of the leftover
escrow money).
A report of recent and upcom-ing
decisions in the Student
Senate may help to clear the air.
The Senate has voted to "subsi-dize"
this year's indebted campus
coordinators $1700. This sum, in
addition to a $900 contribution
from the coordinators' all-school
banquet budget will cancel the
spring formal debt. (Thus, some
of the traditional all-school ban-quet
niceties will be absent this
year.).
The remaining escrow money,
previously budgeted for a Senate
scholarship fund by a student
referendum, is therefore reduced
considerably. When asked if this
vote was, in fact, ignored en lieu
of the spring formal debt, Vice
President Mark Carlson replied,
"Yes, it was ignored. But I don't
by Suzi Wells
After four or more long years,
seniors can finally look forward
to the end of their college
experience and commencement.
Some seniors eagerly await grad-uation
and its significance for
them, while others would be
happy to finish their studies and
leave. Only one problems exists
for this latter group: commence-ment
is mandatory.
Some students feel that, at this
point in their lives, they should
not be "required" to do anything.
"This issue is not whether you
want to go or not," commented
Lynn Baker. "At 22 you should
have a choice. It embarrasses me
to feel like someone else is
making my decisions for me."
Agreeing with Lynn, Karen
Fischer said, "I feel people
should be allowed the option. It
should be a self-motivated deci-sion."
Karen went on saying that,
for sentimental reasons, she
would like everyone to partici-pate,
but only if they wanted to.
"It's a last feeling of class unity,
and a nice way to end up the
year," she said.
Also looking at commence-ment
positively, Finn Torjesen
related, "It's a part of school, a
very healthy part from a psycho-think
that most kids really care,
because less than 200 voted for
the scholarship fund anyway."
The alternatives to using the
escrow money, according to
Carlson, were to syphon next
year's budget or charge for the
all-school banquet. "Mack Nettle-ton
said 'no' to charging for
all-school (banquet), so we really
had no choice but to use the
escrow fund," said Carlson. The
senate vote to use the escrow
money was unanimous.
The scholarship fund, pared to
$2300 (after the spring formal
loss), has been shaved again, this
time to $100 per annum. An
amendment, sponsored by Tan-nie
Woods and Dave Lowery,
directs the investment of the
$2300. Interest from the sum
(about $100) will be awarded to a
student as a spring convocation
award.
It has not yet been decided who
will choose the recipient of that
award, but Carlson is confident
that the Senate will have a
logical standpoint. It means a lot
to most parents and teachers."
Finn graduated from Moody
Bible Institute last year, so he
has a different perspective than
most seniors. He feels it should
be mandatory, and that it is
important to have "a good clean
finish and defining line," to end
the senior year.
Other students feel that corn-mencement
is a hassle, and some
that have few or no exams would
like to leave a week earlier if the
ceremony was not mandatory.
"I'd rather just get my diploma
and go," lamented Cindy Nixon.
"I'm not one for sitting at long
meetings.
"School is for the students, not
definite say in the decision each
year.
As a result of this mire of
controversy, which has sucked in
campus coordinators, escrow
monies and the ill-fated scholar-ship
proposal, a new budget
policy for the coordinator office
has been considered, via referen-dum.
The plan has the support of
next year's coordinators, Scott
Barsuhn and Cynthia Green.
The program, proposed first as
a Johnson/Carlson campaign
promise, adds $10 to the annual
tuition bill, designated for "stu-dent
activities."
This plan, which would give the
coordinators a $17,000 budget,
would allow "a higher quality of
activities," according to Mark
Carlson. "It would allow Bethel to
break out of having only cheap
entertainment and two-bit gospel
groups," he said.
The results of the referendum
(held Wednesday and Thursday)
will be forwarded to the Bethel
administration for consideration.
the administration or anyone
else," Cindy continued. She felt
student should have a choice,
although she added that she was
not "terribly upset" about going.
On the positive side she said,
"It's nice for the parents. To them
it's really something."
One senior believed that a
mandatory commencement is
contrary to Bethel lifestyle and
practices. "It's not consistent,"
he explained. "It's too ritualistic.
We're not required to go to
classes or chapel, and we don't
have hours (curfew). So why
require commencement?"
"I think it's ridiculous to make
commencement mandatory,"
continued on p. 6
Seniors rate mandatory commencement
on the inside—
the year in news, p. 3
senior parting shots, p. 5
the year in sports, p. 8